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THE SOUTHEEN PLANTER. 



CONTENTS OF No. XI. 



Improvement of Land from its own Re- 

 sources, .... 325 

 Feeding Horses, .... 326 

 Slaughter-house of Montmartre, . 327 

 Morrison's Reaper. — Thrashing by Steam 

 Power. — Trial of Reaoing MacFiines in 

 England, . . . .329 

 Comparative Produce of different kinds 



of Wheat, . . . .330 



Mr. Barrj^'s Address, . . . 332 



Portraits from the Field and Farm-Yard, 334 

 Trees, ^ . . ^ . . .337 



Financial and Commercial. — Wagon Cov- 

 ers — Every Farmer his own Manufac- 

 turer, . . . . .338 

 Khaisi Cattle and their Crosses. — Impor- 

 tant to Wheat Growers in North Caro- 

 lina. — Blankets for Negroes. — The 

 Growth of the Wheat Plant, . . 339 



Editorial — To our Subscribers. — General 



Notice, .... 342 



Fall Ploughing, .... 343 

 The American Farmer, . ^. . 345 



Abandonment of Farms in New England 346 

 To Destroy Fly in Wheat, . . 347 



Keeping Sweet Potatoes. — Gravel Walks. 

 Breadstuffs. — The Cultivation of As- 

 paragus, . . . .348 

 Thick and Thin Sowing .of Wheat, . 349 

 The Wonders of India Rubber. — Culti- 

 vation of Buckwheat, . . . 350 

 Rotation of Garden Crops. — Newspaper 

 Patrons. — Production and Consump- 

 tion of Wheat, . . .352 

 The Reaping Machine as an Implement 



of Practical Utility, . . .354 



The Life of Seeds. — August Storms. — 

 Rule for Measuring Corn in the Ear. — 

 Gardening in Virginia, . . 355 



Erratum. — Khain Cattle, read Khaisi. 



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